# Fractures at Ozark Medical Center
> OSHA SIR `2020021925` · 2/27/2020 · WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Stairs, steps-outdoors
- **Secondary source:** Ice, sleet, snow
## Employer
- **Name:** Ozark Medical Center
- **Location:** 1100 Kentucky Avenue, WEST PLAINS, MISSOURI, 65775
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was going to visit a client. While going up the steps at a neighbor's house, the employee slipped on an icy stairway and fell down the stairs. The employee sustained a broken right ankle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*